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2017 Franklin County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Franklin County, IA went without power for an average of 1.9 hours, a total of 8,619 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 46th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1682nd of 2,786 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2016
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Franklin County, 2017
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 2017 22:45 | September 26, 2017 02:30 | 3h 45m | 744 | 1,240 |
| 2 | April 20, 2017 02:30 | April 20, 2017 05:00 | 2h 30m | 539 | 675 |
| 3 | June 22, 2017 09:00 | June 22, 2017 15:15 | 6h 15m | 400 | 605 |
| 4 | December 13, 2017 19:45 | December 14, 2017 01:00 | 5h 15m | 279 | 1,063 |
| 5 | June 30, 2017 02:15 | June 30, 2017 21:45 | 19h 30m | 218 | 1,435 |
| 6 | April 14, 2017 14:00 | April 14, 2017 15:15 | 1h 15m | 202 | 52 |
| 7 | May 17, 2017 03:00 | May 17, 2017 10:45 | 7h 45m | 163 | 788 |
| 8 | May 15, 2017 23:15 | May 16, 2017 03:00 | 3h 45m | 162 | 346 |
| 9 | April 24, 2017 21:00 | April 25, 2017 01:15 | 4h 15m | 146 | 225 |
| 10 | June 10, 2017 18:00 | June 10, 2017 21:15 | 3h 15m | 114 | 174 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 11 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Franklin County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2017, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 2017 | 1.9 hrs | 1.00 | 1.6 hrs | 0.91 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midland Power Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prairie Energy Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butler County Rural Elec Coop - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin Rural Electric Coop - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Iowa's customers in 2017; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 4,637 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Franklin County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Franklin County, IA annual power outage report, 2017, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2017/iowa/franklin-county